Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Matt* Lucas I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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